RIPTA Riders promotes the use and support of public transportation in Rhode Island. We are currently campaigning to stop proposed cuts to RIPTA service and to secure a sustainable funding structure for the years to come. We must save RIPTA so buses can continue to serve the most vulnerable in Rhode Island.

Contact your RI representatives. It’s the politicians who make the real decisions, and they need to hear from bus riders so they won’t ignore us. Call (401) 222-3983 to find the phone numbers for your your local assembly person and state senator. You can also find their contact info online at sos.ri.gov/vic.

Contact the leaders of the State Government: Governor Lincoln Chafee at (401) 222-2080, Senate President Paiva-Weed at (401) 222-6655, and House Speaker Gordon Fox at (401) 222-2466. Phone calls are better than email.

Come to the next Bus riders’ protest at the State House (Smith St. side, on #56/57 bus) at 1:30pm Wed Aug. 17th.

Come to the RIPTA board meeting at 1:30pm on Mon Aug. 22nd. It’s at RIPTAheadquarters, 265 Melrose St., Providence (take #20 Elmwood Ave. bus, get off at Longfellow St. and go 2 blocks down Longfellow St. to RIPTA)